Archive · 29 Sep 2026
Two Friends Allegedly Strangle Pune Youth, Dump Body In Ghat
A 23-year-old man named Abhishek Karakambe went for a drive with two friends.
The three men reportedly drank alcohol during the journey.
A small argument later became a physical fight.
Police allege that the two friends used the car’s seatbelt to strangle Karakambe.
They then allegedly left his body in a gorge at Kanifnath Ghat.
People passing by found the body and informed the police.
Karakambe’s father identified him after seeing a police alert.
Police tracked down and arrested the two suspects at a farm.
A court sent the suspects to police custody for six days while the investigation continued.
Abhishek Namdev Karakambe, 23, was allegedly strangled with a car seatbelt during an alcohol-fuelled dispute.
Police identified Bhagwat Jalindar Aare, 28, and Sandeep Lallu Sonkhar, 21, as the accused.
The accused allegedly dumped Karakambe’s body into a gorge at Kanifnath Ghat in Beed district.
Passersby found the body, and Karakambe’s father identified him after police circulated alerts.
Ambhora police arrested both suspects within six hours of registering the complaint; a court remanded them to six days in police custody.
- Who
- Abhishek Namdev Karakambe, 23, was killed allegedly by his friends Bhagwat Jalindar Aare and Sandeep Lallu Sonkhar.
- What
- Karakambe was allegedly strangled with a car seatbelt during a dispute, and his body was dumped in a gorge.
- When
- The alleged killing occurred during a journey on September 25; the body was found around noon on Friday, and the suspects were arrested within six hours of the FIR.
- Where
- The alleged strangulation occurred inside a moving car, and the body was dumped at Kanifnath Ghat in Ashti tehsil, Beed district.
- Why
- Police said the incident followed a trivial dispute during an alcohol-fuelled brawl.
- Victim
- Abhishek Namdev Karakambe, 23
- Accused
- Bhagwat Jalindar Aare, 28, and Sandeep Lallu Sonkhar, 21
- Alleged weapon
- The car’s seatbelt
- Body location
- A gorge in Kanifnath Ghat, Ashti tehsil, Beed district
- Police station
- Ambhora police
- Identification
- The victim’s father identified the body at the Beed district civil hospital morgue
- Court action
- The Ashti magistrate’s court remanded both accused in police custody for six days